infernal machine
Example Sentences
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The brilliant “elephant,” lumbering and impressive like its African namesake, is an infernal machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
He needs others to work the levers of his infernal machine.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2018
At its worst, this rapid-fire, high-tech “Joseph” comes off like an infernal machine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2014
It’s also been called the Rube Goldberg effect –– where you see the world as an infernal machine.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2011
“What is wrong with this infernal machine? And now another interruption! Where is that voice coming from?”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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